October 2008

October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Online video’s next frontier

For all the YouTube addicts out there (myself included), there's an interesting blog post on NYTimes.com this week about online-video attention spans. According to Saul Hansell, who attended a ... Continue Reading
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
IT research gurus cash in, as economy sinks

If the economy puts your job at risk, you might want to consider a career at those places that are always giving you advice. Both Gartner Inc. and Forrester Research Inc. beat earnings estimates ... Continue Reading
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Gmail apps: Text your contacts

Google Gmail users now have the option to send text messages to mobile phones. The experimental app, found in Gmail Labs, was made available to all users Thursday night. The feature is very similar ... Continue Reading

October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Tech warriors on the offensive

Downturn, shmownturn. Your peers at technology companies apparently don't need a global recession to get their juices flowing. A new survey of 151 U.S. technology company executives by Deloitte ... Continue Reading
October 30, 2008 30 Oct'08
Halloween costumes for techies

In honor of Halloween, Kristen Caretta, associate editor of SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, and I decided to get a bit silly and dream up our top 10 Halloween costumes for the IT set. Wear these to your ... Continue Reading
October 30, 2008 30 Oct'08
Halloween costumes only an IT geek could love

What could be scarier than IT security breaches and software audits? For those of you who want to impress your friends and co-workers with a little bit of Halloween creativity (while sending along ... Continue Reading
October 30, 2008 30 Oct'08
When Microsoft shuts you down and other IT horror stories

An IT system gone bad can be more frightening than Freddy Krueger with a chainsaw. But if you've got the nerve, check out these top five IT horror stories. Continue Reading
October 30, 2008 30 Oct'08
Tips on how to dodge the scariest of IT worst-case scenarios

This Halloween, scare yourself silly with these IT horror stories, and learn how enterprise CIOs can exorcise past mistakes. Continue Reading
October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Disaster recovery planning: Chilling lessons played out in the movies

Some of the most chilling of disasters are played out on the big screen. This Halloween, a business continuity expert looks at some of the scariest movies ever and explains what they can teach us about how to plan for the worse. Continue Reading
October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Scottrade reinvents PMO for speed and volume

As CIO of the discount online broker Scottrade Inc., Ian Patterson pays attention to speed and volume. In this interview, Patterson talks about the transformation of the company's program management office from creaky to competitive. Continue Reading

October 28, 2008 28 Oct'08
CIO lessons in managing growth, setting 2009 priorities

Gartner recently walked a group of CIOs through lessons in balancing growth with expense management and setting IT priorities. Find out how you rank. Continue Reading
October 28, 2008 28 Oct'08
Adjusting your IT budget in a volatile economy

Most CIOs are still using traditional financial models that are not well-suited to a volatile business environment, let alone a global recession. Continue Reading
October 27, 2008 27 Oct'08
Information technology ‘down but not out’ this time around?

Forrester Chairman and CEO George Colony has a reassuring blog out this morning on the impact of a global recession on tech. His take? Technology had its Great Depression in 2001-2003, and this ... Continue Reading
October 24, 2008 24 Oct'08
Sunrise, sunset: Sun Microsystems’ Bechtolsheim decamps to take on Cisco

Sun Microsystems co-founder, early Google backer and computer engineer extraordinaire Andreas von Bechtolsheim is leaving his job as chief architect at Sun to apply his considerable talents to ... Continue Reading
October 23, 2008 23 Oct'08
Geekin' out with Google's G1

On Wednesday, the G1 Google phone for T-Mobile with Android – the first “free, open source and fully customizable mobile platform” – was made available in stores to the general public. A geek at ... Continue Reading
October 23, 2008 23 Oct'08
CIOs, unified communications and the lost art of conversation

With all the cool tools we have to communicate, why is basic conversation still so inefficient? CIO Niel Nickolaisen has a few thoughts on that. Continue Reading
October 23, 2008 23 Oct'08
Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy 2004 keynote address

A transcript except from a 2004 keynote by Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy, in which McNealy welcomes Andreas von Bechtolsheim back "home." Von Bechtolsheim is leaving Sun for Arista Networks. Continue Reading
October 22, 2008 22 Oct'08
Obama's CTO of the USA

Barack Obama, if elected president, will be looking for a cabinet-level chief technology officer (CTO) – a first in the White House. Job responsibilities will include ensuring the U.S. is caught up ... Continue Reading
October 22, 2008 22 Oct'08
Trimming IT costs: What are the best methods?

I've noticed that our readers have a penchant for a list-based story now and then, and Linda Tucci's report from the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008 in Orlando was no different. Her list of 25 tips ... Continue Reading
October 22, 2008 22 Oct'08
Traditional disaster recovery test models outgrow usefulness

Traditional disaster recovery testing methods focus on a small group of mission-critical applications, leaving many important ones at risk. Continue Reading